"""File:    recursive_hello.py
   Purpose: Illustrate recursion by printing "hello" a user-specified 
            number of times.

   Run:     python recursive_hello.py

   Input:   Number of times to print hello
   Output:  "hello" the user-specified number of times
"""

def say_hello(total, so_far):
   """If so_far < total, print "hello" and call say_hello.
      Otherwise return"""
   if so_far < total:
      print "hello"
      so_far = so_far + 1
      say_hello(total, so_far)

#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Main program
how_many = int(raw_input("How many hellos?\n   "))
say_hello(how_many, 0)